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Big Big Train: The Likes Of Us

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On March 1, 2024, “Inside Out” label released “The Likes of Us”, the fifteenth Big Big Train studio album. It was recorded May – June 2023, at “Urban” in Trieste, “Aubitt” in Southampton, “Inner State” in Bath, and was produced by Alberto Bravin, Nick D’Virgilio, Dave Foster, Oskar Holldorff, Gergory Spawton, Clare Lindley and Rikard Sjöblom.

Personnel:

  • Alberto Bravin – lead vocals, piano, organ, keyboards, guitars, 12-string guitars, brass arrangements, mixing
  • Rikard Sjöblom – vocals, guitars, 12-string guitars, organ, keyboards
  • Dave Foster – vocals, guitars, 12-string guitars
  • Oskar Holldorff – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizers, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Clare Lindley – vocals, violin, string arrangements
  • Gregory Spawton – bass guitar, bass pedals, 12-string acoustic guitar, Mellotron
  • Nick D’Virgilio – vocals, drums, percussion, 12-string acoustic guitar, vibraphone, brass arrangements
  • Brian Mullan – cello

Big Big Train Brass Ensemble

  • Ben Godfrey – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
  • Dave Desmond – trombone, brass arrangements
  • Nick Stones – French horn
  • Jon Truscott – tuba
  • David Lord – engineer
  • Fulvio Zafret – engineer
  • Rob Aubrey – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Bruce Soord – 5.1 and Dolby Atmos mixing
  • Sarah Louise Ewing – original cover, gatefold artwork
  • Steve Vantsis – design, layout
  • Massimo Goina – photography

Track listing:

  1. Light Left in the Day – lyrics by Gregory Spawton, music by Alberto Bravin, Gregory Spawton
  2. Oblivion – lyrics by Nick D’Virgilio, music by Nick D’Virgilio, Dave Fosteer
  3. Beneath the Masts – lyrics by Gregory Spawton, music by Nick D’Virgilio, Gregory Gregory
  4. Skates On – Gregory Spawton
  5. Miramare – lyrics by Alberto Bravin, Gregory Spawton, music by Alberto Bravin
  6. Love Is the Light – lyrics by Alberto Bravin, Gregory Spawton, music by Alberto Bravin, Daniele Dibaggio
  7. Bookmarks – lyrics by Gregory Spawton, music by Alberto Bravin, Gregory Spawton
  8. Last Eleven – Gregory Spawton

The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This

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On February 9, 2024, “Kscope” label released “It Leads to This”, the fifteenth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, at “Bourne Place” in London, “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and was produced by Bruce Soord. 

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars,  mixing
  • Beren Matthews – additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Beech – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord.

  1. Put It Right
  2. Rubicon
  3. It Leads to This
  4. The Frost
  5. All That’s Left
  6. Now It’s Yours
  7. Every Trace of Us
  8. To Forget

The Pineapple Thief: Versions Of The Truth

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On September 4, 2020, “Kscope” label released “Versions of the Truth”, the 14th Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded in 2020, at “Bourne Place” in Hertfordshire, England, “Soord Studios”, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Steve Kitch, John Sykes and Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • John Sykes – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, marimba
  • Michael Schoenholtz- artwork
  • Scott Robinson – design, layout
  • Diana Seifert – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison.

  1. Versions of the Truth
  2. Break It All
  3. Demons
  4. Driving Like Maniacs
  5. Leave Me Be
  6. Too Many Voices
  7. Our Mire
  8. Out of Line
  9. Stop Making Sense
  10. The Game

The Pinneaple Thief: Dissolution

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On August 31, 2018, “Kscope” label released “Dissolution”, the twelfth Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded December 2017 – May 2018, at “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, “Bourne Place” in Hertfordshire, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Jon Sykes, Steve Kitch and Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • David Torn – additional guitars
  • Stylorouge – art direction, design
  • Rob O’Connor – photography
  • James Usill – post-production
  • Frederick Jude – executive producer

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Not Naming Any Names
  2. Try as I Might
  3. Threatening War
  4. Uncovering Your Tracks
  5. All That You’ve Got
  6. Far Below
  7. Pillar of Salt
  8. White Mist
  9. Shed a Light

The Pineapple Thief: What We Have Sown

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On October 24, 2007, “Cyclops Records” label released “What We Have Sown”, the sixth Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded in August 2007, at “The Dining Rooms” in Yeovil, UK, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, keyboards, all instrumentation, recording, mixing
  • Wayne Higgins – vocals, guitars
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mixing, mastering, additional production
  • Jon Sykes – vocals, bass
  • Keith Harrison – vocals, drums
  • Simon Evans – artwork

Track listing:

  1. All You Need to Know
  2. Well, I Thank That’s What You Said
  3. Take Me with You
  4. West Winds
  5. Deep Blue World
  6. What Have We Sown?

The Pineapple Thief: Your Wilderness

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On August 12, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Your Wilderness”, the eleventh Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitar, arranger, engineer, 5.1 mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, arranger, engineer, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass guitar, arranger
  • Darran Charles – guitar
  • Gavin Harrison – drums
  • John Helliwell – clarinet
  • Geoffrey Richardson – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. In Exile
  2. No Man’s Land
  3. Tear You Up
  4. That Shore
  5. Take Your Shot
  6. Fend for Yourself
  7. The Final Thing on My Mind
  8. Where We Stood

The Pineapple Thief: Someone Here Is Missing

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On June 1, 2010, “Kscope” label released “Someone Here Is Missing”, the eighth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Brice Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming, arranger, engineer
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, synthesizers, arranger, mixing
  • Jon Sykes – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Keith Harrison – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Mark Bowyer – mixing
  • Dave Turner – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. Nothing at Best
  2. Wake Up the Dead
  3. The State We’re In
  4. Preparation for Meltdown
  5. Barely Breathing
  6. Show a Little Love
  7. Someone Here Is Missing
  8. 3000 Days
  9. So We Row

Tim Bowness: Stupid Things That Mean the World

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On July 17, 2015, “InsideOut Music” label released “Stupid Things That Mean the World”, the third Tim Bowness album. It was recorded 2014 – 2015 and was produced by Tim Bowness.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness– vocals, keyboards, guitar, programming
  • Bruce Soord- guitar, bass, programming
  • Peter Hammill– vocals, slide guitar
  • Phil Manzanera– vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • David Rhodes- guitar, backing vocals
  • Rhys Marsh- pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Bearpark– guitars
  • Andrew Keeling – acoustic guitar, string arrangements
  • Stephen James Bennett– keyboards, programming
  • Colin Edwin– fretless bass, double bass
  • Andrew Booker– drums
  • Pat Mastelotto– drums
  • Charlotte Dowling- violin ensemble
  • Anna Phoebe– violin
  • Bruce Soord – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Bowness, except where noted.

  1. The Great Electric Teenage Dream – Stephen James Bennett, Tim Bowness
  2. Sing To Me – Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson
  3. Where You’ve Always Been -Tim Bowness, Phil Manzanera
  4. Stupid Things That Mean The World
  5. Know That You Were Loved
  6. Press Reset
  7. All These Escapes – Tim Bowness, Brian Hulse
  8. Everything You’re Not
  9. Everything But You
  10. Soft William
  11. At The End Of The Holiday – Tim Bowness, Andrew Keeling

The Pineapple Thief: Tightly Unwound

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On May 19, 2008, “Kscope” label released “Tightly Unwound”, the seventh Pineapple Thief studio album. It was recorded February – December 2007, at “The Dining Rooms” in Yeovil, South Somerset, UK, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Jon Sykes, Steve Kitch and Keith Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, strings arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering, mixing
  • Jon Sykes – bass, vocals
  • Keith Harrison– drums
  • James Stratton – artwork, design
  • Marc van Beelen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. My Debt to You
  2. Shoot First
  3. Sinners
  4. Tightly World
  5. The Sorry State
  6. My Bleeding Hand
  7. Different World
  8. And So Say All of You
  9. Too Much to Loose

Tim Bowness: Lost in the Ghost Light

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On February 17, 2017, “Inside Out Music” label released “Lost in the Ghost Light”, the fourth Tim Bowness album. It was recorded in 2016, and was produced by Tim Bowness and Stephen Bennett.

Personnel:

  • Tim Bowness – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer
  • Bruce Soord – acoustic and electric guitar
  • David Rhodes – electric guitar
  • Stephen Bennett – organ, piano, synthesizer, guitar, editing
  • Colin Edwin – bass
  • Andrew Booker – drums
  • Ricard Nettermalm – drums
  • Ian Anderson – flute
  • Andrew Keeling – flute, arrangements
  • Kit Watkins – flute, waterphone
  • Charlotte Dowding, Steve Bingham – violin

Track listing:

  1. Worlds of Yesterday – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  2. Moonshot Manchild – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  3. Kill The Pain That’s Killing You – Alistair Murphy, Andrew Butler, Tim Bowness
  4. Nowhere Good To Go – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  5. You’ll Be The Silence – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  6. Lost In The Ghost Light – Tim Bowness
  7. You Wanted To Be Seen – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness
  8. Distant Summers – Stephen Bennett, Tim Bowness